Eclipse Day India 2010 - UI Patterns in Eclipse

Deepak Azad IBM Bangalore lab, India [email_address] UI Patterns in Eclipse

Agenda ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

What is a ‘Pattern’ ? ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Progressive Disclosure ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Progressive Disclosure ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Summary and Details ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Progress Indicator ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Properties View ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Context Menus – Keep them lean! ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Add Cut Copy Paste Delete Other Plugin Additions Show In Undo / Redo, Save

Wizard: Start with a prompt ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Wizard: If possible seed the fields ,[object Object]

Wizard: ‘Browse’ buttons ,[object Object],[object Object]

View: Common commands in toolbar ,[object Object]

View: Context menu and View menu ,[object Object],[object Object]

View: Integrate with Window Menu Bar and Toolbar ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

View: Editor vs View ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Some UI Bloopers ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

… some more UI Bloopers ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

… and some more UI Bloopers ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

References [1] Design Patterns by Erich Gamma, Richard Helm, Ralph Johnson, and John Vlissides (The Gang of four) [2] A Pattern Language: Towns, Buildings, Construction by Christopher Alexander, Sara Ishikawa, Murray Silverstein [3] *Eclipse User Interface Guidelines - http://wiki.eclipse.org/User_Interface_Guidelines [4] *Eclipse UI checklist - http://wiki.eclipse.org/UI_Checklist [5] Eclipse UI Best Practices v3.x - http://wiki.eclipse.org/UI_Best_Practices_v3.x [6] The User Interface Checklist for the Jazz Eclipse Client - http://jazz.net/library/article/28 [7] Designing Interfaces: Patterns for Effective Interaction Design by Jenifer Tidwell

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Credits ,[object Object],[object Object]

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